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Shipur Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Shipur is a small village located in Ranikor Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 28 families residing. The Shipur village has population of 158 of which 81 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 25.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shipur village is 951 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Shipur as per census is 1158, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Shipur village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Shipur village was 31.62 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Shipur Male literacy stands at 33.87 % while female literacy rate was 29.09 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shipur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shipur village.

Shipur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 28 - -
Population 158 81 77
Child (0-6) 41 19 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 148 74 74
Literacy 31.62 % 33.87 % 29.09 %
Total Workers 37 28 9
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 9 2 7

Caste Factor

In Shipur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.67 % of total population in Shipur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shipur village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Shipur village out of total population, 37 were engaged in work activities. 75.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 37 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.